''Till Death Do Us Part'' is the seventh studio album by American hip-hop group

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. It was released on March 23, 2004 via

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. Production was handled by DJ Muggs,

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and Tony "CD" Kelly. It features

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s from Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley,

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and Twin Gambino. The album was supported with two singles: " What's Your Number?" and "Latin Thugs".

Critical reception

''Till Death Do Us Part'' was met with generally favorable reviews from

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. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an

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score of 62 based on twelve reviews.

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of ''

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'' praised the album, stating: "the combination of mournful maturity and club-ready fun they come up with on ''Till Death Do Us Part'' suits them just fine". Dave Simpson of ''

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'' noted that the album "doesn't break with the formula, but at least it stretches it". In mixed reviews,

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of ''

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'' found " omeattempts at genre-mashing suffer from some uncharacteristically sluggish Muggs production". ''

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'' magazine reviewer called the album "morbid", adding "the beats are never as heavy as the subject matter". Filmore Mescalito Holmes of ''

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'' resumed: "only about a third enjoyable".

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's Andy Kellman concluded: "strictly for the devout fan base".

Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 5 contains re-sung elements from "

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" written by Adam Horovitz,

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and

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. *Track 8 contains replayed elements from "Share My Love" written by

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and

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. *Track 10 contains replayed elements from " The Guns of Brixton" written by

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. *Track 13 contains elements from "Distesa Estata" written by

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Personnel

*Louis "

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" Freese — vocals *Senen "

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" Reyes — vocals *Lawrence "

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" Muggerud — additional programming (track 3), producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5-14, 16), mixing *

— vocals (track 3) *Damian " Jr. Gong" Marley — vocals (track 4) *Albert "

" Johnson — vocals (track 8) *Jamal "Big Twins"/"Twin Gambino" AbdulRaheem — vocals (track 8) *Robert " Skinhead Rob" Aston — additional vocals (track 10) *Aaron "Chace Infinite" Johnson — additional vocals (track 13) *Traci Nelson — additional vocals (track 15) *Reggie Stewart — guitar & bass (track 1) *Mike "Crazy Neck" Sims — additional guitar (track 1), guitar (tracks: 3, 6-8, 10, 11, 14), keyboards (tracks: 2, 3, 6-8, 10, 11, 14), bass (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 8, 14) *Ray Armundo — congas (track 3) * Rob Hill — guitar (tracks: 5, 10), keyboards (track 5), bass (tracks: 5, 6, 10, 12, 13), additional guitar (track 6), additional programming (tracks: 1-3, 6-8, 10-14), recording, mixing *Farid "

" Nassar — Moog synthesizer (track 8), guitar & keyboards (track 15) *Rogelio Lozano — programming (track 9), guitar (tracks: 11, 16), bass (track 11) *

— additional guitar (track 10) *Dan Boer — additional keyboards (track 10) *Scott Abels — drums (track 10) *Allen Pahanish — drums (track 13) *

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— saxophone (track 13) *Daniel Alan "

" Maman — producer (track 3), additional recording (tracks: 3, 8) *Tony "CD" Kelly — producer (track 4) *Brian " Big Bass" Gardner — mastering *Mark " Mr. Cartoon" Machado — cover illustration design * Estevan Oriol — photography *Robb Epifano — photography assistant

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Till Death Do Us Part (Cypress Hill Album) 2004 albums Cypress Hill albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by DJ Muggs Albums produced by Fredwreck Albums produced by the Alchemist (musician)